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What did you get Dan? And what software does it hook up to?

dsb thanks for putting it up in AIFF!

I got a Novation Twitch, which is an Itch controller.

Pros:
Cheap
Small
Light
Many pads for cues and "slice" effect I will use twice

Cons:
People say the output volume is too low, which is only a problem if you're at a shitty club where everything is totally maxed out and you go on after someone with a hotter level CDJ
No platters

Basically, I wanted something for home use and occasional mobile type thing. I probably won't use this in clubs/bars. Maybe sometimes.

I never really used the platters for scratching, just more intuitive scratch cue-ing, and this thing with the touch strip basically accomplishes the same thing. And I think one of the reasons it's so relatively cheap is because there's no platter, which, to do well, probably costs a bit. And when done poorly, you may as well not even have them.

If I get really into using controllers, I'll probably replace this with the Vestax VCI-380 that comes out in a few weeks, which is basically this, PLUS two good platters, PLUS the ability to act as an independent mixer. So that's like 1000 dollars, whereas I got this for $350 from some guy on craigslist who had it for 2 weeks.

So I can see selling this and my Rane mixer and getting the Vestax eventually, but for now, this is great. Great for sitting at my computer and recording mixes. And I'm djing a friend's bday party in a few weeks so not having to lug turntables and many crates of records, especially when you don't know what people are going to want to hear, this set-up should be cool.

Sorry, figured soundcloud would compress it, re-uploading if you still want to dl.

dude i was serious!! i like the full-fat versions always

when a dj cuts out the bass, what effect do they generally use? or do they just kill the low EQ (or whatever you call the knob with the word "low")?

They usually just kill the low EQ. There's more possibilites. Sometimes it's using a high pass filter. Some mixers have "kill" switches on each band of EQ. The latest/greatest pioneer has a switch so you can define if the EQ's lower the level of that band or cut it out altogether. And old-school house style and big systems often have a separate "isolater" with is like a master EQ for the crossover that can be used.

But usually they just kill the low EQ.

I tried killing the low eq on my software and it sounds like crap. Using filter sounds so much better. Must be the software, yes?

could be a virus

could be file compression, are you using lossless flac?

What software?

my set for radio cpr in dc from last night, twas live with nothing planned out no listing

http://soundcloud.com/pushingit/radiocpr05042012

well, not really crap, but it just makes the track sound thinner instead of just killing the bass and keeping the rest of the track intact. so I use filter sweep or this effect called adjust low instead. the program is mixmeister. the files are 320 kbps mp3.

you need monster cable dude

mixmeister looks like a genuinely awful piece of software from the screenshots I just looked up

haha, it's not the best software in the world but it's so easy to use. anyway, I'm getting a mixtrack pro controller with traktor and I just can't wait.

Traktor's mixing algorithms are pretty great, especially if you use lossless files.

It's not quite virgin vinyl through a 3000 dollar mixer great, but good enough for me.

mix of music touched by the hands of afraid sherwood -

http://soundcloud.com/twitch/optimo-podcast-12-adrian

Sounds great...and looking forward to part one!

Here's a real party starter...our first night doing Dazzle Ships at Bellwether, very low-key, a lot of ambient type stuff, nice background music. Some new wave, some techno. Some 80s Scott Walker. New place, using a Urei mixer, stuck behind the raw bar while people were finishing dinner, so not a lot of mixing of hi-nrg dance musics.

http://soundcloud.com/lectric-sands/dazzle-ships-4-26-2012

is the 90 min excerpt. The whole thing can be streamed here:

http://dailysession.com/2012/05/04/session-1297-event-session-04-26-12-dazzle-ships

http://soundcloud.com/newtownradio/wtbs … ator-may-7

new order 586 touch tone 7.1
kreidler impressions d'afrique
kreidler eve future
popular history of signs if i was a car/stigma
ruins minimal wave
modem your fun
ricardo cioni ole'-oh
o'gar playback fantasy
steel mind bad passion
utopia me giorgio
alisha dub all night
lisa m rock to the beat
kryptonite baby i dont know
status IV you ain't really down
clock on 5 take it
depeche mode black celebration
joy division atmosphere
ozo anambra

link did somethign weird

http://soundcloud.com/newtownradio/wtbs-with-dj-speculator-may-7

hard to tell where a lot of those artist names end and the track titles begin

new order "586" touch tone 7.1
kreidler "impressions d'afrique"
kreidler from the album eve future
popular history of signs "if i was a car" and then "stigma"
ruins from the release on minimal wave
modem "your fun"
ricardo cioni "ole'-oh"
o'gar "playback fantasy"
steel mind "bad passion"
moroder "utopia me giorgio"
alisha "dub all night"
lisa m "rock to the beat"
kryptonite "baby i dont know"
status IV "you ain't really down"
clock on 5 "take it"
depeche mode "black celebration"
joy division "atmosphere"
ozo "anambra"

haha oh man i was just messing sorry :-(

ha. me too!

Some soft psych and French prog.

Curt Boettcher - California Music (Bumrocks Piedra edit)
San Ul Lim - Frustrated
Kamuran Akkor - Ikimiz Bir Fidaniz (Baris K edit)
Abel - I Gotta Woman
Ophiucus - Univers
Louis Chedid - Enchanté
Nino Ferrer - Looking For You
Wendy & Bonnie - By The Sea
Bonnie Dobson - Milk & Honey

http://soundcloud.com/plazztt/by-the-sea-april-2012-mix

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kickintheeye.podomatic.com
a monthly music podcast curated by @themutante and @mrjohnkennedy

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Tracklisting
01. Nicolas Jaar - Wouh
02. Pearson Sound - Down With You
03. Flying Lotus - 1983
04. Shlohmo - Wen Uuu
05. Illa J - Timeless
06. Harmonic 313 - No Way Out
07. Mr. Scruff - Ug
08. Greenwood Rhythm Coalition - Honey (Jamaican Honey Rub)
09. Derdiyoklar - Yaz Gazeteci (Baris K Re-Edit)
10. Peabody & Sherman - Thankful
11. Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Black Panta
12. The Champs - Tequila
13. Outlaw Blues Band - Deep Gully
14. Ben E. King - Street Tough
15. DJ Shadow - Bubble Gum Beat
16. Amel Larrieux - Say You Want It All
17. Madvillian - America's Most Blunted
18. The Brand New Heavies - Sometimes (Notre Dame Remix)
19. Latyrx - Lady Don't Tek No
20. De La Soul feat. Chaka Khan - All Good
21. Zammuto - Too Late To Topologize
22. Atom TM - Weißes Rauschen (Zweiter Teil)
23. Capitol K - Pillow
24. Tortoise - Eros
25. Radiohead - Staircase
26. Graham Coxon - Knife In The Cast
27. The Samuel Jackson Five - Radio Gagarin
28. Bersarin Quartett - Mehr Als Alles Andere
29. Lamb - Please
30. Lucky Dragons - Mirror Friends
31. Jim Guthrie - Mushrooms
32. Keiichi Suzuki - A House On Fire And Massacres All Over
33. Massive Attack vs Burial - Four Walls
34. Kid Koala - Moon River

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minimum retouch, no pre-plan, just wanted to do a house mix and went with the flow. turned out quite tight. some of the source materials are not the best but I gotta make do.

haruomi hosono - heliotherapy
recondite - robur
kassem mosse - untitled
october - string theory
och - whalesong
kerri chandler - get up
italojohnson - untitled
arttu - attic house (snuff crew remix)
willie burns - waste your time
ny stomp - the ny house trak
kaspar - so right (gerd's old school remix)
terrence parker - untitled
candy j - somethings they never change (the razz mix)
soundstream - good soul
quenum - my furious thing
dj assassin - a face in the crowd (intellidread mix)
cheap and deep - deep in the feeling (re-version)
photek - glamourama
bdi - decoded messages of life & love
pol_on - used to say
mike - oi van voi
glenn underground - jaz love #2
alex smith - here with me (feat. diviniti)

http://www.mixcloud.com/adityaip/the-house-is-grey/

but I still use auto-beatmatch so sorry if it sounds "inhuman" :(

dl link http://www.mediafire.com/?47tb76h7n2c1cuu

...downloaded

mike - oi van voi

ø side project?

that gave me some pause as well

I mean MINIMAL retouch.

No, it's a guy called mike sharon. I did a typo there. Shoulda been oi vai voi

njoy yr mixes drr drr

thx pff

+1 digging it. especially love that you started a house mix with Hosono.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/53896633/Hosono+House+12bc1668.jpg

thanks for appreciating it, guys.

some earphones listening revealed a few annoying quirks, damn..

2012-0511

beastie boys - mark on the bus
de la soul - transmitting live from mars
actress - r.i.p.
aardvarck - nostep (cosmin trg mix)
mak & pasteman - lost (youandewan dub)
zomby - rumours & revelations
dro carey - tarred adonis
xxxy - I know this can't be love
kidnap kid - lazarus taxon
beastie boys - ask for janice
jungle brothers - jimmy's bonus beat
de la soul - bitties in the BK lounge
ramadanman - don't change for me
dom + roland - can't punish me
mutated forms - feels like
tinashe - my high
beastie boys - the blue nun
eric b & rakim - just a beat
pixelord - iron and cream
arkist - fill my coffee
mileece - aube
ash ra tempel - deux enfants sous la lune
beastie boys - to all the girls

ooh, will listen to that today

love this mix, esp those pixelord and arkist tracks.

thanks mang!

great mix

hey i forgot about this thread.

here's a long mix i did live on the radio, slightly edited for maximum me and minimum anything else.

http://soundcloud.com/gradydj/grady-ktuh-05-11-12

sorry no setlist

dan i love your dazzle ships mix! i'd forgotten all about "we came in peace"... that brought a whole flood of memories back

dan i love your dazzle ships mix! i'd forgotten all about "we came in peace"... that brought a whole flood of memories back

Thanks. Jeremy played that, but I turned him onto it for what it's worth. My segment starts with Wall of Voodoo's Ring of Fire and ends with Marcel King's Reach for Love.

tranquility bass?!?

Yup

sweet, that was their pinnacle by a million light years

think it was "they came in peace" though